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by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Protocol newsletter highlighted that Facebook will shut down new app submissions for Oculus Go, the $200 standalone VR headset first introduced in May 2018. It will support Gear VR and …
Tags:Oculus VR| Virtual Reality
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Flatpanelshd TV blog has a review of the XBox that highlights what the console is doing with HDR content. The review highlights that the console does not support the AV1 …
Tags:Codecs| Dolby Atmos| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| xBox
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Elec in Korea reports that Wonik IPS is trying to buy the display equipment business of Semes, but the companies are struggling because Semes employees are paid substantially more than …
Tags:InkJet Deposition| Korea| Mergers & Acquisitions| Production Equipment
by Milos Pavlovic
What They Say OLED Info reported that Visionox has started production at its new G6 fab for flexible OLEDs in Hefei, China and is planning a ceremony early next week. Visionox’s new production line …
Tags:China| Flexible Displays| OLED Fabs
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Warner Bros sent shockwaves through the cinema business by announcing that it will release all of its 2021 films with a simultaneous launch on the HBO Max service in the US. …
Tags:Cinema| Streaming Video
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Looking Glass of the US has a new digital photo frame that supports stereo display and that the company claims is ‘holographic’. The display costs $349 (or $199 on Kickstarter which …
Tags:Autostereo 3D| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Idemitsu said that its third production facility, based in Chengdu, China, has started full scale operation and can create a12 tonnes per year of OLED materials. It’s the firm’s largest plant …
Tags:China| OLED Materials
by Bob Raikes
What They Say A hat tip to Jon Peddie for flagging up the news that Pimax has a new ‘5K’ headset with refresh up to 180Hz after he saw my DD about Varjo (You …
Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality
by Milos Pavlovic
What They Say We get a lot of news of LED installations and tend not to use them, but one from Absen caught our attention because of the scale. A transport hub in Shanghai, …
Tags:LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Transport
by Milos Pavlovic
What They Say Africa’s overall mobile phone market shipments declined 6.0% year on year (YoY) in Q3 2020 according to IDC. The decline stemmed mainly from feature phones, with shipments of these devices declining …
Tags:MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Smartphone Market
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Juniper Research said that consumer virtual reality content will bring over $7 billion in revenue in 2025, an increase of over 160% on the $3 billion it is expected to generate …
Tags:Consoles| | HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality
by Milos Pavlovic
Here are some links from this week that you might find interesting or useful but didn’t need any comment. ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ will be the first movie in 4K HDR & Atmos on HBO …
Tags:Apple| Cinema| Colour Grading| Dolby Atmos| Events| HDR - High Dynamic Range| OTT Video| Samsung| Smartphones| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD & 4K| Vodafone
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